Kenneth Murray: LB · Oklahoma · #9.
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Kenneth Murray
Fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge. Third year in the same linebacker corps at Oklahoma. All-Big 12 in 2019 made it two straight seasons on the honors list. On tape: 13 tackles and 2.5 tackles for loss against Houston, Week 1, 2019.
Play style
Downhill striker who fills the run lane and blitzes off the edge.
Activity vs finishing · season enumeration
What the box score actually says
102 tackles. 4 passes defended. 0 interceptions. 17 TFL.
Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.
No outlet on our list has written about this player by name this season.
FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth Nov 3
On3 Oct 29
ABC News Oct 28Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
Game log · Week-by-week
2019 season · 14 games
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| Wk | Opp | TKL | SOLO | TFL | SACK | INT | PD | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 | W 49-31vs Houston | 13 | 7 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 1 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 2 | W 70-14vs South Dakota | 4 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 3 | W 48-14@ UCLA | 5 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 5 | W 55-16vs Texas Tech | 9 | 1 | 1.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 6 | W 45-20@ Kansas | 6 | 5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 7 | W 34-27vs No. 11 Texas | 5 | 5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 8 | W 52-14vs West Virginia | 9 | 6 | 1.5 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 9 | L 41-48@ Kansas State | 4 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 11 | W 42-41vs Iowa State | 7 | 6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | — | 1 | |
| Wk 12 | W 34-31@ No. 12 Baylor | 8 | 7 | 2.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 13 | W 28-24vs TCU | 9 | 7 | 2.5 | 0.5 | — | 0 | 2.5 TFL |
| Wk 14 | W 34-16@ No. 21 Oklahoma State | 6 | 6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Wk 15 | W 30-23vs No. 8 Baylor | 10 | 8 | 3.0 | 1.0 | — | 1 | 3.0 TFL |
 Bowl | L 28-63vs No. 1 LSU | 7 | 4 | 1.0 | 0.0 | — | 0 | |
| Total | 102 | 69 | 17.0 | 4.0 | — | 4 |
Week 15 · 2019
W 30-23
vs Baylor · neutral site
1 sack · 3 tackles for loss · 10 tackles
A close one, won by 7 at a neutral site.
Where his impact shows up on the stat sheet
Tackle volume
102tackles this seasonTFL rate
17%17 TFLSack rate
4%4 sacksPD rate
4%4 pass breakups102 tackles · 17 for loss · 4 sacks.
3 seasons under Lincoln Riley, all run-leaning offenses — 36-6 over that span.
Splits · Per-game
2019 season · 14 games
Home vs Road
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home6g | 8.5 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Road5g | 5.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
First half vs Second half
| TKL/g | TFL/g | SACK/g | PD/g | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weeks 1-77g | 7.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Weeks 8+7g | 7.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
Supporting cast · Scheme
Staff and system around the player
Head Coach
Lincoln Riley
Pass share
40.8%
381 pass / 552 run
Plays / game
66.6
14 games
Team sack rate
5.6%
410 dropbacks · PBP
Scheme: Run-leaning.
Player standing · 2019
First team in his league at the position.
How it ended
Three seasons at Oklahoma, 329 tackles, a first-team All-Conference season (2019) — drafted at #23 overall by the Los Angeles Chargers.
A stat line in 40 games over three seasons.
Trophy case · Confirmed honors
What the selectors said
ALL-BIG 12 · 1ST TEAM
All-Big 12 1st team (2019)
Coaching lineage · 2017–2019
1 coachPlayed every college season under Lincoln Riley.
Next stop · NFL
Los Angeles ChargersEntering 7th NFL season
Los Angeles ChargersEntering 7th NFL season
